KAVA KUO HEKA
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- In 1998, in the Kingdom of Tonga, two Royal Kava ceremonies took place which were presided over by His Majesty King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV. Never before were cameras permitted at these ancient, traditional ceremonies ~ I directed this program in collaboration with Dr. Eric Shumway and Dr. Vernice Wineera from the Pacific Institute of BYU-Hawaii. Enjoy witnessing a remarkable Polynesian event filled with symbolism and majesty from a bygone era.
So proud of our Tongan heritage!!! We Tongan have such strong roots and i truly pray that the younger generation will not abandon our rich and gifted culture! We are truly blessed as a people and have so much to share with world.
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Please never loose the Monarchy !! Out of the Pacific Islands Tonga is the only Kingdom left !!!
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Uvea are our little brother and Fiji our cousin! So yea, time has come and gone but we are definitely of Blood!!! Ofa lahi atu
@Reuben Matai yes we all blood related i love my Samoan friend ❤ like my own. But the uvea I can understand n know what they talking about. Talofalava mai Tonga.
Thanks for posting. Big ups to the royal kava ceremony lesson. As an American-Tongan there are things your Tongan parents don't teach you. You have to learn it from CZcams.
This always gives me a sense of pride. I was born in tonga and raised in the states. Proud to 🇹🇴 🇹🇴 Tonga
yea, shows Tonga and Uvea's connection. Well, Uvea's ancestors are pretty much Tongan anyways. Uvea language, culture, attire, customs are the closest to Tongan culture than any other Polynesian culture. Uvea kava royal ceremony also known in Tongan as Fakapangai, is very similar how they do it. Even Lau Fiji and many parts of Fiji wear the ta'ovala due to the Tongan influence. Pretty awesome!!
@Tulouna Le Lagi Talamasinas mother Va'etoefanga youngest daughter of 39th Tuitonga Kau'ulufonua Highest Titled Papa'IFA😊🙏
@Tulouna Le LagiReally All stories happened in Tongatapu Kohai Koau mo Momo of Maui Tangaloa and Pulotu the highest Clan Titles or Ha'a not God! Ha'a Tangaloa residents Kolopelu Tapuhia and Folaha in Tongatapu 28 Langi buried mound build and 26 outside Tonga mostly in Ha'amoa all the way Tongaliki moai in Easter Island and NZ so Ha'a Tangaloa 'Atulongolongo 'Eitumatupu'a Tamapoulialamafoa Tufunga! Ha'a Maui 'Atalanga Fusifonua Kisikisi lives Eastern side where Ha'amonga Stonehenge built the navigators Manuka and Heketa and Pulotu western to Fisi! Your highest chiefs from Ancient Tongan practices called Tokatufa 'Umutakitaki that's why you only have Manuka chiefs origin from Tonga' Pulemelei Siaheulupe was built by 23rd Tuitonga Momo Talafata who lived in Ha'amoa 800ad also Tuitatui 'Uno o Sangone story Lomiaetupua as Talakaifaiki 1 2nd Takalaua Talatama Talaiha'apepe Fatafehi Tuipulotu Tele'a Havea 1 Havea 2 Talakaifaiki 3 the beginning of Havea Malietoa also lived in Ha'amoa so where is your evidence that the Ha'a Tangaloa from Ha'amoa lol🙏
@@jmjm1920finally someone who know their history, I’ve been telling people about these history, even a lot of Tonga empire Lang is throughout the Pacific, now days we clash with the Ha’amoas how they claimed the Pulemelei a few make up their own stories sad thing they don’t even know the whole meaning behind it and why it was build around their land around those days.
ive not only learn a lot about my lovely home. But I thanks my parents for being tongan. '',
Tonga the friendly islands of the south pacific, us beautiful Tongans, learning about our culture and dance move. Thanks for the video 'Ofa atu
Proud to see this video. I grew up in Kolovai around these people. Some of them are still alive. Ofa atu kihe kainga o Ata.
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So unique and beautiful in everything I here and see about my Tongan culture. All I can say is WOW! May God continue this bless MY TONGA Island and our peoples!!
Tongans are beautiful people.
these tongan nobel men are massive, tall and big. roots of the tongan giants.
HRH the Princess is so elegant and beautiful !!! I wish I was Tongan !!
@Ms.Martie Gall that’s easy, I’ll make you a Tongan just say I do Tongan 🤣🤣🤣
They do the same kava ceremony in Fiji but its only done for the Tui Lau, the chiefly title of Tongan Prince/Fijian Chief Ma'afu.
It came from Tongan influence.. #Historycheck
Tui Lau also known as Tui Neau # king or high Chief of lau islands in fiji, is a blood lines of the Tongans monarchy.
37:18 chills when he chants Kava Kuo Heka
48:42- look like Crown Princess Sinai Kakala Tukuaho
- I also see President Malolo Ahio so young and our beloved Kuini Nanasi - thanks for sharing … good old days when life seem so simple back in Tonga 🇹🇴 hug and prayers Frm Sacramento 😊🙏🇹🇴❤️
Thankyou for posting. So proud to see my uncle Fakauho here on 01:11 and again @ 26:40 performing the kava. I only got photo's from the ceremony but now I have this clip.. Fantastic footage........... God and Tonga are my inheritance!!! Love it!!!
Seeing my uncle Ahio representing gives me memories of when we were here in the states together ofa atu kihe tonga kotoa
The word Kava is Tongan... the Fijian word for kava is yongkonai.. even the name Fiji is Tongan pronounced Fishee .. the real Fijian name is Viti.
Yes because the first European explorers couldn't set foot in Fiji and learned about it from Tonga, the friendly Isles.
Yaqona not yankonai by the way, yung-gon-nah
fisi* not fishee lol
Na tei fishy? hahahaha
gunu yaqona / hinu!
Fakafeta'i Faifekau Pita Pua for bringing me here
Tongan Empire! They came from neighboring islands to Tongatapu with gifts and faiva to perform to the highest Tuitonga last witnessed by captain cook visited 1773! Around 800ad Tuitonga Takalaua Kauulufonua was named when Tonga reached 20 countries under his rules!peace 🤗
Takalaua 1407
Kauulufonua 1431
@@-BROWNMONK- Kau'ulufonua 123 Kau'ulufonua 3 1500AD his youngest daughter Va'etoefanga mother of Salamasina and Papa'iFa Titles 😊
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kauulufonua ll-1509
kauulufonua lll- 1615
@@-BROWNMONK- 19th Tu'itonga Kau'ulufonua 1 23rd Tu'itonga Momo Talafata 2 1100AD 24th Tu'itatui 33rd Tu'itonga Talakaifaiki 3 Lomiaetupua beginning of Havea Malietoa Titles 36th Tu'itonga Kau'ulufonua 2 39th Tu'itonga Kau'ulufonua 3 42nd Kau'ulufonua 4 Last 54th Tu'itonga Laufilitonga 1826😊
ofa lahi atu to my heritage.!! malo aupito for my life of faka apa apa.!!
Thanks for the video Gary I lean a lot from your video
Very welcome
The BBC was invited to film a taumafa kava ceremony by Queen Salote in the 1950s. It would be interesting to see what differences there are, if any, 50 years later
Thanks Gary. This was beautiful . Youve earned yourself a new Sub !!!! Keep em coming !
Ozeek Doe Thank you plenty tenky Ozeek Doe
Noe wries madei
PROUD TO BE TONGAN!!!!
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Eep your heritage. Don’t let it go. God bless you all. Stay strong and rebuild back to your strong heritage.
Yes Fakapangai was another Kava Ceremony held in hawaii because Taufa'ahau Tupou 4 bestowed an ancient Tongan chiefly title upon the president of the Polynesian cultural centre Lester Moore of BYU university
6.05 Sione Sapia.....greatest Matapule he Laungaue...RIP
I love the videos you post. Is it possible that you post the old PCC show, "Mana"??? Malo he ma'u faiva ke mau ako ai...
Malo, malo, alofa lasi from Futuna.
Love our Uvea Brothers n sisters. I can understand perfectly the uvea language s so close.very close to us Tongan .our island Uiha we have a Mala'e or Graveyard is still until today .is Uvea.
Kou sii ofa lahi atu kihe Tonga kotoa pe ihe mamani koeni, Koe ‘Otua mo Tonga kohoku Tofi’a.
26:39 for Milolua.
You're Welcome.
Wow, amazing
Malie Malie Tonga
Really? Where in this video does it give off that ppl tryna beef? It's a joyous ceremony. This is the Royal family, my gosh, have some respect will ya smh
kava come from fiji and tonga
Come from every Pacific country
@@Mac-lv7gp no
@@LAYLOWPRODUCTIONS bruh Tonga and Fiji arent even that old compared to Vanuatu and PNG.
@@Mac-lv7gp Ava is a sacred plant back in those days, it's like a ghost, and when i travelled back in time to see which Pacific island was the first, i found out that it was founded on every pacific islands on the same date all at once 🤣🤣🤣 but in my own opinion, Vanuatu Kava is the best, very strong and milky lol
Umu Tangata was born🤔
1:52 my aunty Lady Luseanne Vaea Luani
so if Tonga has never been colonized, how did they become "Christians"? And _why?
cine pobre I am Tongan and I am proud, BUT I would have to agree with this comment.
Max Tangi when a healthy island people subscribe to a traveling salesman's ideology of european origin -that of a white Jesus- that is spiritual colonialism, no need to claim the real estate, when you can claim the minds of a people. Amen.
lol it is obvious that you have not studied up upon Tonga.....AND that you are referring to the battle between Tonga versus those of the colonial ships that tried to conquer the south pacific. You pretty much stated the origin of colonization which is when MISSIONARIES settled into Tonga and built Christianity in the lands of our forefathers.....Please know your origin before you boldly call another a NO BRAINER......Because Colonisation came in the form of RELIGION....even happened in New Zealand.....Australia...etc......its cool to see you have a FARE- IDEA of what happened...but you obviously need to do abit more research.......My STATEMENT WAS A FACT...not my own opinion......so if you wanted.....I will throw up the reference......for the source I have is not online...but in a BOOK from our TONGAN PAST......before you go parading false facts.......PLEASE ASK YOURSELF A SIMPLE QUESTION ABOUT THE ORGIN OF TONGA......WHAT WAS THE SPIRITUALITY VIEWS THAT WE TONGANS HAD BEFORE COLONISATION SETTLED IN OUR LANDS......
hahaha.......these
OK, point taken, that influence you mention has the NZ jail population be 50% Maori. But that is another island and another discussion. I also love it when 4000 years of Maya civilization was trashed by a blond and blue-eyed messenger and today's Maya would praise a Jewish guy with a Greek name in Spanish language sermons. Amen.
***** FUNNY cause while we parade that we were not colonized.>>THE QUEEN of ENGLAND herself has a different theory. We can toss this back and forth yet my point is evident in mental and physical movement as we speak....ALL while your theory will only be a theory of ones opinion.....NO EVIDENCE OF SUCH AN INFLUENCE hahahaha LOL THESE
18.50 when Shumway says Tongans are the only Polynesians who wear waist mats...maybe he has never met anyone from 'Uvea, Lau, Tikopia, Emae, or Sikaiana who also wear our taovala
When the Tuitonga returned to Samoa the Chiefs refused to wear the Taovala and so wearing the Pea! Tuitonga Momo built Pulemelei mound around 800ad from the story of Uno o Sangone Talietumu was built by Tuitonga Kauulufonua Fekai as punishment of Tamasia and Malofaha assasination of Tuitonga Takalaua 1100ad 🙏🙏🙏
We wear them in Kiribati too.
Um Uvea people originated from Tonga LMAO! Yous still kept some Tongan traditions, hence the taovala.
@@TM686K You all only wear it for traditional dances tho.. We Tongans wear it all the time, for special occasions, funerals, birthdays, church, weddings, etc.
Malo Kainga tau hai fakataha pe hotau kainga ihotau kete ae moana moe kelekele pea Ofa Ketau fiefia ai mo nekenekeka ai sioto Ofa atu
Is that your photo on here? If it is....all i have to say is WOW!!! Just sayin..."smile"
36:06 'ouaaaaa koe pangai 'oe hau ko motu'a puaka pe 'oku pule ai..PROUD THAT I AM A TONGAN.
Malo fai kava mei hena hiki mai kava kuo heka oatu ia ma’a hai?? Hhhh🤣🤪🤣😂🌸❤️💕
im drinking kava as i watch this, to bad its dehydrated kava and not fresh like this.
malo 'aupito!
MATE"MA TONGA
Sorry @VINI but the motto of Tonga is:
OTUA MO TONGA KO HOKU TOFIA
GOD AND COUNTRY ARE MY INHERITANCE a
Polynesians can sing just sayin
I Uvea mo Futuna mole KE FAKA LAKA ia MUA oHE TANOA e FAKA APAAPA KITE KAVA
@@annyclaudebidal4881 beautiful!! Can you translate this for me ☺️☺️? Kava, thats that ceremonial herb right? Ive had it before and find it to be peaceful. I can see why people believe in the spiritual power the plant possesses.
THERE IS NO CONTREVRSY OVER MY UNCLE MASIMA SEFESI KAI FONO FROM OUR BELOVED KING TUPOU 4. MASIMA'S GRANDFATHER IS SELUIMATAI (A SON OF ATA). SELUIMATAI'S MOTHER IS HEULUPEAU. HEULUPEAU IS THE DAUGHTER OF SINAITAKALA. SINAITAKALA IS TUNGI'S SISTER. HE ONLY HAD ONE SISTER.
Too tika
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Kava is originated in Fiji
Research shows that Kava has various health benefits including stress relief. It is an anti-anxiety tea and provides a good tonic for the nervous system. I recently purchased it from www.kickbackwithkava.com for my mom who is often suffered from this problem. This tea also provides some minor pain relief and gives the drinker support for proper kidney function and digestion. This does not contain any caffeine.
Kava is most likely from Vanuatu. Kava is derived from earlier ancestor Piper Wichannii. Its origin is therefore most likley the same location as this ancestor, the central region northerwest of Vanuatu. The Abandoned Narcotic: Kava and Cultural Instability in Melanesia - Ron Brunton
Do we really know the origin of Kava? each country claims it to be from them but they themselves do not know of their own origins lol.
the study i quoted seemed to refer to the location mentioned. Its a reasonable assumption to make of it being the origin.scientific studies such as those done by Mr Brunton is very credible, disregarding oral histories of pacific traditions (for obvious reasons). The journey of kava from east to west is one for interested. Vanuatu started with 98 varieties, fiji got about 15-20 varieties, Tonga further out got even less (from memory about 5). The journey of food groups from Melanesia all the way to Hawaii have the same pattern
Robert L. Edgar some fijian legends claim it comes from other parts of Micronesia, like vanuatu..the word KAVA is not fijian..I dont know where its from but in Vanuatu Kava actually means bitter.
malo tou'a'eiki... toki pehe hake ki kauhala 'uta ke fakakakato atu 'a e milolua pea mo fakamahino 'a e faikehekehe 'o e FAKAMOUIFONUA from MILOLUA. Kapau 'oku te kaiha'asi ha fakongia ha ha'a.... kataki 'o 'ai ke kakato.
Go to Lapaha where everything started and learn it proper...